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Spreading Euphoria from Hamilton Metal City - A Review of Lutharo's Chasing Euphoria

Spreading Euphoria from Hamilton Metal City - A Review of Lutharo's Chasing Euphoria

Two and a half years after incredibly strong debut full length effort Hiraeth, Canadian melodic death metal quartet Lutharo fronted by charismatic singer Krista Shipperbottom, launched its second strike titled Chasing Euphoria. This very strong genre...

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Wonderful Guitar Play and Diverse Songwriting Meet Flawless Production - A Review of Rage's Afterlifelines

Wonderful Guitar Play and Diverse Songwriting Meet Flawless Production - A Review of Rage's Afterlifelines

Rage and preceding group Avenger have been around for more than four decades and have released a massive twenty-eight studio records thus far. In case you are a new or occasional fan and wondering where to start your discovery of such a massive discography,...

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Fluffy Power Metal with Terrible Sound Effects and Narcissistic Lyrics - A Review of Freedom Call's Silver Romance

Fluffy Power Metal with Terrible Sound Effects and Narcissistic Lyrics - A Review of Freedom Call's Silver Romance

While stereotypically entitled predecessor M.E.T.A.L. had its entertaining moments, German power metal quartet Freedom Call takes several steps back on its eleventh studio album Silver Romance. Initially, I wasn't even planning on writing a review for...

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Torturous Trash - A Review of Six Feet Under's Killing for Revenge

Torturous Trash - A Review of Six Feet Under's Killing for Revenge

While infamous predecessor Nightmares of the Decomposed had some unintentional comedic value, Six Feet Under's eighteenth full length release Killing for Revenge is a serious candidate for worst record of the year. That's truly a shame because this album...

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An Invitation to Cuddle Your Romantic Partner for Christmas - A Review of Stryper's To Hell with the Amps

An Invitation to Cuddle Your Romantic Partner for Christmas - A Review of Stryper's To Hell with the Amps

Originally released independently under the dreadful title Acusticyzed, this album was released yet again three months later with new title To Hell with the Amps and a much-improved cover artwork. Christian heavy metal quartet Stryper offers ten acoustic...

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Decently Appreciated for Nostalgic Reasons - A Review of Stryper's 7 Weeks: Live in America 2003

Decently Appreciated for Nostalgic Reasons - A Review of Stryper's 7 Weeks: Live in America 2003

7 Weeks: Live in America 2003 documents Stryper's Seven reunion tour which also led to the release of a compilation with two new songs. This live record features thirteen songs and a closing prayer for a total length of sixty-four minutes. While it was...

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The Rock That Doesn't Make Me Roll - A Review of Stryper's Can't Stop the Rock: The Stryper Collection 1984-1991

The Rock That Doesn't Make Me Roll - A Review of Stryper's Can't Stop the Rock: The Stryper Collection 1984-1991

Christian heavy metal quartet Stryper has put out quite a few compilations and re-recordings by now that should help occasional and new fans discover and enjoy the band's enthusiastic, faithful and melodic take on the genre. Second Coming for instance...

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Oath of Excellence - A Review of Tyran's Tyran's Oath

Oath of Excellence - A Review of Tyran's Tyran's Oath

Tyran, formerly known as Martyr, is an energetic young heavy metal quintet hailing from Germany. Tyran's Oath is the band's debut album. It features nine excellent songs with an appropriate total running time of forty-one minutes. Stylistically, this...

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Timeless Horror Tales with Excellent Linguistic Skills - A Review of The Vision Bleak's Weird Tales

Timeless Horror Tales with Excellent Linguistic Skills - A Review of The Vision Bleak's Weird Tales

After eight long years, German gothic metal institution The Vision Bleak is back with a bang in form of seventh full length studio record Weird Tales. Instead of continuing the style on the predecessor or going back to the roots, the duo has decided to...

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Decent Heavy Metal Album but Lacking Vision - A Review of Týr's Battle Ballads

Decent Heavy Metal Album but Lacking Vision - A Review of Týr's Battle Ballads

I have been a fan of Faroese progressive folk metal band Týr for more than a decade and a half, have reviewed all of the band's records and have attended two of the band's concerts. The reason why I have taken several weeks to let the band's new record...

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